I wanna ... Buy a car (Carsupermarkets)

Spread_The_Word

Looking to buy a new car and would appreciate any advice / personal experiences on getting the price down at a 'Car Supermarket' when the price is already competitive.

I've been told that they won't bring the price down.

I'm looking to buy a nearly new car.

(I will be paying cash, but nowadays that doesn't seem to help as they want you to have credit!)

Cheers

paul4798

Spread_The_Word wrote:

Looking to buy a new car and would appreciate any advice / personal experiences on getting the price down at a 'Car Supermarket' when the price is already competitive.

I've been told that they won't bring the price down.

I'm looking to buy a nearly new car.

(I will be paying cash, but nowadays that doesn't seem to help as they want you to have credit!)

Cheers

Well I bought my car from motorpoint about 3 years ago found them very competative.

I would suggest as we did go for a model that has just bought a new one out ie i went for Renault Magane but old style not one with the big !!!!!! the older specs are cheaper but I got a top of the range one for £7999 and diesel too 1.9.

No they will not budge on price but they were a lot cheaper there!!

Hope this helps

Paul.

burbs_2

Hi

I worked for a nationwide car supermarket in the Midlands for 6 months as a gap job from Uni. I can only tell you how it worked in this particular branch but basically the fact that you are paying cash will make you an instant let down for the sales men. Finance is all that they care about nowadays, we got commision for each car sold and if we could get you to take out finance our commision rocketed.

Next the price on the vehicles is set and we are given a certain percentage that we will lower the car by. When i worked there a print off was given every morning with every single car that was stocked, then next to it was the percentage and the value of that percentage in sterling. 9 days out of 10 there was no room for a price drop, the reason being there will always be a buyer who will be willing to pay for the car at the price that they are asking.

If you were taking finance on the car then the chance of you getting a slight reduction is a bit better but even then we used to bang on payment protection, warranty cover for an extra year, etc etc, just to make sure that you thought you get a good deal with the price drop but we recouped the money through little extras you dont even think about.

marnstars

http://www.broker4cars.co.uk/

Try this company out, I used them last year to buy a brand new Zafira. Very competitive for me on this and he purchase actually is made from a UK delaership and is therefore not classified as an "import"

Sell other makes too - not just vauxhall. I was very impressed.

wolvesinwales

Lots of useful advice and links on here :

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk

Ted_Hutchinson

This link was posted a while back with a recommendation.

http://www.trade-sales.co.uk/

I haven't checked how they compare with others.

Davidboy

I bought my Laguna from Trade-sales. To buy from Dealer 19,000 quid, from Trade sales 12,500. No problems. They are based in Slough.

joshm_2

I reckon it depends on how comfortable you are with buying cars and knowing what to look for. The only advantage that I see to supermarkets are that it's a convenient place where you are likely to find a car that you like the look of.

However, the prices are not competitive in my opinion - in fact my experience would have them down a rip-off compared to what you could pay for a similar car if you 'went private'.

The warranty you would expect on a car from a place like this is not included in the sticker price. Nor do the warranties come cheap - there will be different levels (drivetrain only, drivetrain and electricals, etc) and the salesmen, as someone said earlier, will try to bully you into paying a lot for a warranty and to buy the car on the never-never.

Most of the cars I saw were high mileage examples at inflated prices, especially when you take into consideration the cost of the warranty.

I think a far better deal can be had from spending a little time and effort looking for a privately owned vehicle with a decent service history, and then bying a warranty from someone like the AA o RAC (presume they do this sort of thing in addition to their inspections?).

All in all there are lots of factors - do you have anything to trade in? If so would you in fact get a better price for it if you sold it privately? How new are you wanting the vehicle to be? etc

JoshM

Sorry,seen that you are after a nearly new example. So perhaps there is still some manufacturer warranty left on the car? If so then fair enough - my experience was with an older car with no warranty...

mda160

Trade sales: Try to find a UK sourced car. My car came with the manufactures 3 year warranty already in place ( I had to check with the manufacture)
The price I paid was £1800.00 below the best price offered by the local franchised dealer. The only down side I found was the sales staff had no room for negotiating, they just quoted the prices of the web.
These guys work on the principle of stack them high sell them cheap

Check out http://www.honestjohn.co.uk for more details on check cars.

Hope this helps!

MDA160.

Viz_2

If you in or around London have a look at https://www.cargiant.co.uk
Have known a few people bought from here with no problem.
Avoid all the insurances etc... and you should pay a good price compared to a main dealer.

vansboy

Do your homework, on the www - THEN, try your local dealer.

See what you can get NEW, rather than pre registered.

Get them to price match/beat - or see if they can include some extras, to make the deal.

Then you'll build up a relationship for service/warranty work, in the future.

Leave the method of paymebnt as your last option. let them offer their finance, imply you'd be prepared to consider it.

Sometimes you'll get offered hefty discounts or cashback, so could be worth taking, for a short period, then paying it off.

VB